The Goody
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The Goody
The Goody
A charmingly funny tale of being GOOD, being BAD, and most importantly, being YOU from Lauren Child, multi-award-winning creator of Charlie and Lola.
Chirton Krauss is a good child - the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose.
Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is NOT a good child. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's hutch, and she drops her choco puffs all over the carpet!
But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides that being The Goody isn't so good after all?
A charmingly funny story about the importance of kindness, and allowing children the freedom to be themselves. From Lauren Child, multi-award-winning creator of Charlie and Lola and Waterstone's Children's Laureate 2017-2019.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781408347591
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orchard Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 240.0mm
Height: 300.0mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Lauren Child MBE is a multi-award-winning author and Waterstones 2017-2019 Children's Laureate, whose books are known and loved the world over. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort. Since her first book was published in 1999, Lauren has sold over six million books in 19 languages worldwide. Her many awards include the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, the Nestle Gold Book Award for That Pesky Rat and the Nestle Bronze Book Award for Beware of the Storybook Wolves. Lauren is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and a Trustee of the House of Illustration, and has an MBE for services to literature. She loves designing and making things and finds it exciting to see her drawings turned into objects. Other favourite things include the cinema, TV matinees, small Italian cars, handbags, cardigans, travelling and being picked up from the airport.
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